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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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